Isaiah 51:3 
Context| NET © | Certainly the Lord will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Happiness and joy will be restored to 1 her, thanksgiving and the sound of music. |
| NIV © | The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. |
| NASB © | Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody. |
| NLT © | The LORD will comfort Israel again and make her deserts blossom. Her barren wilderness will become as beautiful as Eden––the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found there. Lovely songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. |
| MSG © | Likewise I, GOD, will comfort Zion, comfort all her mounds of ruins. I'll transform her dead ground into Eden, her moonscape into the garden of GOD, A place filled with exuberance and laughter, thankful voices and melodic songs. |
| BBE © | For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody. |
| NRSV © | For the LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. |
| NKJV © | For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | Indeed <03588> , the LORD <03068> will comfort <05162> Zion <06726> ; He will comfort <05162> all <03605> her waste <02723> places <02723> . And her wilderness <04057> He will make <07760> like Eden <05731> , And her desert <06160> like the garden <01588> of the LORD <03068> ; Joy <08342> and gladness <08057> will be found <04672> in her, Thanksgiving <08426> and sound <06963> of a melody .<02172> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | Certainly <03588> the Lord <03068> will console <05162> Zion <06726> ; he will console <05162> all <03605> her ruins <02723> . He will make <07760> her wilderness <04057> like Eden <05731> , her desert <06160> like the Garden <01588> of the Lord <03068> . Happiness <08342> and joy <08057> will be restored <04672> to her, thanksgiving <08426> and the sound <06963> of music .<02172> |
| NET © | Certainly the Lord will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Happiness and joy will be restored to 1 her, thanksgiving and the sound of music. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). |
